Virginia is investing in renewable propane by converting 49 vehicles from gasoline to run on cleaner, low emissions energy source.
This is the first step of an initiative by Virginia based power company Dominion Energy, which plans to switch1,050 of the school buses in Virginia from diesel to electrically powered ones.
In the past year, the University of Virginia fleet has reduced its gasoline consumption by 3,200 gallons and its carbon emissions by 28 metric tons.
The Virginia Division of Capitol Police has added a new six-seat Polaris GEM electric vehicle to its fleet.
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s state and local government agencies have transitioned 319 fleet vehicles to alternative fuels, exceeding Governor Terry McAuliffe’s goal of transitioning 300 vehicles by the end of the administration.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has added bi-fuel propane autogas systems to seven shuttle buses in its 10-vehicle RamSafe fleet, the university's Parking and Transportation division announced.
The Port of Virginia has relaunched its Green Operator Program, which provides up to $20,000 toward the purchase of clean-diesel trucks that service the port and up to $6,000 toward the purchase and installation of retrofit devices, announced Virginia Clean Cities (VCC).
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved expanding the access of the state’s alternative-fuel incentive program to local governments, Virginia Clean Cities announced. Previously, only state agencies were eligible for the program.
Alliance AutoGas has added H & H Sales Company, Inc. and Ashby’s Inc./Crenshaw Corporation of Richmond, Va. to its propane conversion center network, the company announced.
The Commonwealth of Virginia was home to 24,642 alternative fuel vehicles in 100 fleets along with 431 alt-fuel stations by the end of 2014, according to Virginia Clean Cities (VCC).
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